"It is mainly on the streets, but there is a section that is not yet built", he added.

"It's an open site where the pit building's going to be built", he said.

Vietnam, one of south-east Asia's fastest-growing economies, had set its sights on becoming a Grand Prix venue under the Bernie Ecclestone era. "There will be part of the track that will be built there, which doesn't exist at the minute but it will become a road". F1 sponsor Heineken is expected to be the title sponsor of the race should it go ahead. The country has never hosted a Formula One race before, and it is just the latest signs of development with Liberty Media's plans to broaden F1's horizons.

Whiting confirmed that the circuit would partly be based on current public roads, but would also feature a new section being built specifically for the race.

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